13 Oct 2020
Guardian ‘You’re browsing in a supermarket and fretting mildly about the air miles of some green beans. Or you’re daydreaming of that island holiday you deserve once the pandemic has died down but worrying about whether you should be flying. How about the amount of meat you eat and all that plastic it’s wrapped in? […]
13 Oct 2020
Abstract ‘The impact of potting for crustaceans on temperate rocky reef habitats: Implications for management Multi-use marine protected areas (MPAs) are increasingly designated towards achieving global conservation targets. To develop effective management, the impact of permitted activities must be understood. Potting for shellfish occurs on temperate rocky reefs globally with impact not fully quantified. This […]
07 Oct 2020
Pollution from farming increases massively from a planned surge dairy farming plan. Guardian ‘Ireland is experiencing a water pollution crisis. A lack of investment in managing sewage is part of the story: half of urban wastewater treatment plants don’t meet minimum EU standards, while raw sewage from 77,000 people across Ireland flows into the environment every day. […]
07 Oct 2020
The EA report shows four out of the nine companies are falling short of expected standards – Anglian, Northumbrian and South West Water and Southern Water. Southern Water is the first company to be rated as 1 star (poor) since 2015. Emma Howard-Boyd – the Chair’s Report ‘This report is about the 9 water and sewerage companies […]
07 Oct 2020
There is serious momentum developing around the failures on many levels to address the worsening, chronic pollution of our rivers from many sources. This comes soon after England’s shocking water classification results showed just 16% of water bodies meet the criteria for Good Ecological Status against 25 Year Environment Plan’s target of 75%. Newspapers like […]
07 Oct 2020
There has been a growing concern over the summer about CSO pollution and Defra have announced that over 1000 people responded to their consultation on creating a Bathing water at Ilkley. Guardian ‘A coalition of river and sea organisations is calling for targets for water companies to reduce sewage discharges to be included in the […]
07 Oct 2020
Guardian: River pollution leads to Welsh demand for halt to intensive chicken farms ‘Pea soup’ algal blooms in River Wye cited as example of damage to habitats as coalition calls for moratorium on planning permission. As rivers in Wales deteriorate and fill with pollution, a coalition of groups has called for a moratorium on planning approval for […]
06 Oct 2020
Two articles: Progress with Norway and UK putting a new proposal to EU with a 3 year phase in for new relationship has been welcomed by the NFFO (NFFO Response). Fishing Federations are clearly still cautious about the main EU negotiation – see this recent SFF letter. UK and Norway sign historic fisheries agreement Defra […]
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